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Bill To Ban Arrests for Prostitution-Related Loitering Moves to Governor’s Desk

June 20, 2022 3:51 pm

A bill to ban arrests for “loitering with the intent of prostitution” was sent to the Governor’s desk on Monday, nine months after both houses of the state legislature first passed it. Senate Bill 357, authored by Senator Scott Wiener...

Liberated Ethnic Studies Comes to K-5 Classrooms

June 20, 2022 3:42 pmJune 20, 2022 4:45 pm

In October 2021, Governor Newsom signed California’s ethnic studies mandate for high schools into law. While many school districts are still deciding on the specific curricula contents for their high school ethnic studies courses, a group of teacher activists have...

California’s Whistleblower Protection Act

June 20, 2022 3:29 pmJune 20, 2022 3:33 pm

California’s Government Code contains the “Whistleblower Protection Act” in Sections 9149.20 to 9149.23, which is found in Title 2, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 1.5, Article 10. Section 9149.20 provides the official title of the Act. Section 9149.21 provides a...

CA Democrats Abandon Gas Tax Holiday; Announce New Committee to Investigate Gas Price Gouging

June 20, 2022 2:55 pmJune 24, 2022 6:00 pm

“Friday marked 100 days of diddling by California’s supermajority party to provide relief at the pump for the state’s drivers from the record high gas prices,” the Globe reported Monday, ahead of the announcement by Assembly Democrats that rather than suspending...

Folsom Lake’s ‘Negro Bar’ to be Renamed Following State Park and Rec Vote

June 20, 2022 12:35 pm

During the weekend, the California State Park and Recreation Commission voted 7-0 to officially change the Negro Bar area of the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area to Black Miners Bar following decades of speculation, petitioning, and debate. The controversy surrounding...

General Guidance in Reading California’s Food and Agricultural Code

June 20, 2022 6:57 amJune 20, 2022 7:00 am

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The twelfth alphabetically is the Food and Agricultural Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Food...

CA Republicans Demand Gas Tax Suspension While Dems Investigate High Gas Prices

June 20, 2022 2:30 amJune 20, 2022 2:56 pm

Friday marked 100 days of diddling by California’s supermajority party to provide relief at the pump for the state’s drivers from the record high gas prices. Rather than actually authorizing a gas tax holiday at the pump, Legislative Democrats want...